Marabou stork, Tanzania, January 2018
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Copyright Debbie Smyth, 28 February 2021
Posted as part of One Word Sunday
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Travel with Intent 
Not even close to yours 😂 Here’s mine: https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2021/03/02/not-the-prettiest-ows/
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Not far off. And grumpy too, I reckon
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Great candidate!
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🙂 yes, pretty would never be used (except by another Marabou) but practical we have to admit
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Looks like the inspiration for a Disney buzzard drawing. A bird only a mother Marabou could love. ; )
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https://ladysighs.wordpress.com/2021/02/28/one-word-sunday-ugly/
I’m not sure if I am to leave my submission here or not. So posting here again.
Or just post on my own blog? And hope somebody from here comes around?
I don’t see you as a follower so am confused.
Thanks!
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Yes, leave your link here and/or do a pingback from your post. Also using the tags OWS and OneWordSunday help people find you in the Reader.
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My contribution
https://philosophyvia.photos/2021/03/01/who-decides-ugliness/
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Beautiful word Debbie Smyth.
Pretty ugly😀😀😀!
Thank you for the inspiration.
Beautiful ugly bird. Is this Marabou Stork?
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Yes, it’s the Marabou Stork – a couple that I met in Tanzania.
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That is one ugly stork. I thought it was a vulture. I joined with a couple of ugly creatures.
https://salsaworldtraveler.com/2021/02/28/one-word-sunday-ugly/
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There are many similarities with the vulture. And you’ll often find them together – fighting over dead meat
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What an interesting looking fella!
for a theme which proved more difficult than I’d thought. I spent a great deal of time considering what ugly is.
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It’s surprisingly difficult isn’t it. It’s one of the words that we can throw out in criticism, but when we think and look there is always something attractive / cute / useful / ……
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I know, right? I think I would be hard-pressed to use this word in a completely negative way.
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Ohm he looks like his feathers were plucked – poor guy! He needs a make up artist:) Here is my ugly – https://wp.me/p9EWyp-2Ki
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We’ll send you in to do the makeup, Jesh 🙂
The lack of hair makes it easier to get clean after sticking his head into a dead body!!!
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Ai, Debbie, that is graphic! (laughing). Do you think up the subjects, or do you go by a list made by someone?
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I make them up. Sometime because of something I had seen or read, sometimes to be seasonal, sometimes random. I try to choose things that can be interpreted widely!
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Debbie That stork makes me laugh., OWS Funny 😉
I used this word to share some of my mural photo shots from just yesterday.
https://lightwords.blog/2021/02/28/from-ugly-to-elegant-art/
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Not the sort of thing many of us get to see in our garden 🙂
And big thanks for sharing that amazing project, Carol
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I’d run if I saw that big bird in my garden. Your welcome.
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Nope…not handsome for sure!
Here’s mine: https://outofmywritemind.com/2021/02/28/in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/
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Although I’m desperate to get my hair back under control (still a few weeks until our hairdressers are able to open again) I’d rather have too much than have to look like a Marabou Stork!!
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I’m with you on that one!
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Most definitely ugly, but so ugly I would have had to take the photos too. Wonderful shots 😀
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They aren’t all that easy to catch as they are often fighting over food. But in calmer moments they strut around as though very proud of their appearance.
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Aww…I hate to call him ugly. I was gonna say ” a face only a mother…” but i see that is bushboys pingback.
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It’s a great way of putting it, Dawn.
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Wow, you comment section looks different today, with red “Reply” buttons and other red highlights. But on to ugly. Perhaps one man’s ugly is another man’s what? Unique? Intriguing? Unusual? And by using the word “man”, am I being sexist? Ah, what a world we live in these days. At any rate, your guy is certainly not attractive (although to a female of the species, who knows?). I came up with three possibilities today and everyone can decide which they think is the ugliest. 🙂
https://sustainabilitea.wordpress.com/2021/02/28/ugly/
janet
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I’d been having quite a few formatting problems with galleries and custom blocks, so decided to try out a new theme. It seems more reliable but I don’t love it yet. There may be more changes to come……
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I toy with the idea of changing themes periodically but always imagine there will be all sorts of problems. So far I’m still with the theme I started with all those years ago. 🙂
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I’ve changed 2 or 3 times. Not much work required. Press a button and cross your fingers! I think it might be smoother now with blocks
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I think he is rather cute!
https://junkboattravels.blogspot.com/2021/02/ugly.html
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definitely ungroomed! here is my entry: https://lolawi.blog/2021/02/28/ugly/
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It still looks better than my current lockdown hair nest!!
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A kind way of putting it!
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Ugly or Beauty…it is all a matter of perspective.
https://littlepiecesofme1.wordpress.com/2021/02/28/ows-ugly/
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The poor fella!!!
This is my offering….
https://hopsskipsandjumps.com/2021/02/28/ugly/
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Your offering is as haunting as it is ugly. I’m off to enjoy the sun instead 🙂
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A much better option than looking at that face!!! Enjoy. ☀️☀️
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🙂 🙂
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Ugly is as ugly does.
https://ladysighs.wordpress.com/2021/02/28/one-word-sunday-ugly/
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Aw… I just think they’re different rather than ugly. They seem to like being photographed! 🙂
My take on this week’s theme is here: https://wp.me/sVkLb-ugly
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Yes, different is a kinder way to put it, Tom. They are well adapted to their style of life, with hair-free heads and necks. But they still manage a splash of colour 🙂
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🙂
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I struggled with this challenge. Most of the natural world species people find ugly I don’t so I went in a different direction with an ugly vehicle:
https://davidmsphotoblog.com/2021/02/28/ugly/
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Not a beauty but looking at it for a while it becomes less ugly, somehow.
I have man-made ugliness on offer: https://picturesimperfectblog.wordpress.com/2021/02/28/grey-gardening/
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Great shots but far from a beauty 😉
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Not the most attractive of the stork family
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https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2021/02/28/ugly-but-tasty/
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Hmm, not a good looking bird! I have a monster! https://suejudd.com/2021/02/28/ugly/
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Certainly isn’t. But I enjoyed your monster, Sue.
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😄
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Characterful I’d say
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He really isn’t ugly. Just characterful. I like him, anyway.
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I always enjoy seeing them, Margaret – though I prefer not to look too closely at what they eat!
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Ah, that’s different.
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Oh that really is ugly
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Practicalities won over beauty 🙂
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Yes, that’s ugly
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And there’s a lot of ugliness on show – they are huge birds
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Yep. Not really a pretty sight but would be so lovely to see one just strolling along 🙂 🙂
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